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When Leola M. Taft completed her elementary course of study in 1914 she received this Certificate of Attainment. The certificate date is June 19th and it is signed by Superintendant Tebbetts, Principal Barrett, and three members of the Board of…

Vermont Game Warden Charles Collett inspects and tags beaver pelts presented by Ralph Evans. Warden Collett is sitting on a Cott's Quality Beverage Crate in the office of Philip White's general store. Evans is wearing his Johnson Woolens plaid coat…

Ralph Evans (at far right) looks on as Anthony Pratico, a fur trader from Rutland, inspects Evans' beaver pelts. Talking with Mr. Evans is old-time fur trader Charlie Silver of Montpelier. The photo was part of an article about the beaver pelt trade…

Located on Main St. opposite School Street. The store was formerly owned by George McCrillis. Standing in the road are Mark Mears, Sr., Richard Mears (the 4-year old son of W.C. Mears) and George Bliss. A boy and a man sit on two benches on the…

This nothwesterly view was taken from Folsom Hill and looks over the village towards Creamery St. Three church steeples rise above the other buildings in the left part of the photo. The village center is in the middle of the photo. The covered bridge…

Farmers arrive at the creamery with cream and milk. The storage barn on the left behind the creamery is filled with wood for stoking the production equipment. Steam escapes from the vent pipes at the side of the building. By 1941 the name of the…

A traveling photographer is parked near the intersection of Main St. and Creamery St. His wagon and work tent bear signage stating "Views of residence & family groups" and "Photographs and Tintypes". A sample landscape hangs on the side of the…

After their original church burned in 1905, the congregation re-built. The new church had a stained glass window in the front. The old bell, which survived the fire, hangs in the new belfry. To the left of the church is the John & Jane Severance…

Steeplejacks work on the steeple while a few spectators gather by the trees to watch. There is a lightening rod at the peak. A pile of disgarded lumber rests to the left of the church in the grass.

From left: Artur Blake, Albert Lamberton, Ellis Preston, Ira Edson, Alvi Davis.

Kathryn Mears Trupin talks about growing up in Marshfield Vermont. Her son Michael joins her to share his own memories of visiting in the summers of his youth. This video segment is a brief clip from the original interview, the first in a series of…

Michael Trupin remembers summers spent at his Grandmother Mears' house in the village of Marshfield Vermont. He talks about items stored in an old safe, including gold nuggets brought back to Vermont from the California gold rush.This video segment…